PHOTOS: Friends Program 15th annual auction benefits youth mentoring

Lia Tarbell, a program coordinator for the Youth Mentoring program stands by the giving tree at the Friends Program 15th anniversary charity auction at the Grappone Center in Concord on Friday, May 2, 2014. This year the auction proceeds benefit the Friends Youth Mentoring Program. Auction guests could buy a bird for the tree and the money goes directly to the mentoring program.

(ARIANA van den AKKER / Monitor staff)

Kelly Kinhan, left, and Heidi Knipe watch the silent auction items they really wanted at the Friends Program 15th anniversary charity auction at the Grappone Center in Concord on Friday, May 2, 2014. This year the auction proceeds benefit the Friends Youth Mentoring Program. Kinhan won an original piece of art and Knipe won a handmade jewelry box.